OP Supporting Member (50+ posts) Joined: Jun 2014 Posts: 86 | He has had many problems like too much acid.. The other day we rushed him to ER because he was throwing up buckets full. I think he should do the carboplatin just because it would be more reassurance. But sometimes I worry. The doctor never mentioned carboplatin until now. I trust the whole staff but sometimes I'll have thoughts in my head like "they said if he did 2 cisplatins he will be good. Why do they want to do carboplatin now too? Is it for the money?" Then I tell myself to stop thinking like that because he did have extra nodal extension and the more he treates the better.
22 YO Brother Dx 6/17/14 w. SCC R Lateral tongue CT scan clear LN 6/20/14 HPV-, non-smoker R tongue, right hemiglossectomy Surgery 6/24/14 (Not reoccurrence but went to NCCC instead R neck dissection, tracheostomy, radial free flap, R tongue dissection surg 8/11/14 PT1N2B.3 positive lymph nodes out of 13 Extranodal extension present 9-15-14 IMRT (35x) & Cisplatin (2x) begun 10-21-14 peg in. 10-31-14 1 round of carboplatin 11-4-14 IMRT rx comp 3-27-15 Recurrent tumor in lymph node, L neck diss. 10-29-15 brother passed away, 23 yrs old
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